Kitchen & Housewares : Salter 1016Svdr 3Kg/6Lb 9Oz Electronic Glass Platform Scale With Timer & Clock

Rating: - OK, but only lasted 8 months
Bought this scale in October 2007 and it worked perfectly until May 2008. For the first 6 months we were delighted with it. Hairline cracks appeared in the supplied bowl in April '08 and have got gradually bigger and bigger (bowl not dropped or abused in any way). We can still use it, but obviously not for liquids. You can use any other bowl, but the supplied bowl makes it easier to read the display as it's transparent ( a bowl or plate on the top of the weighing platform can cover the read-out). Since May the display has been difficult to re-set. Press the re-set button and it just displays four dashes. At first it would reset with one or two further presses on the button. However, now we're having to press it several times to get it to zero and some of the time it will display a random number or the dreaded four dashes for AGES. Time to get a new one! Not an expensive scale but should last longer than 8 months in my opinion. Also, the display returns to the time after a while (it's supposed to do this but it's the one feature I dislike), which is very annoying when you have a lot of things to weigh and the re-set button isn't working properly!

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Rating: - Seemed like a perfect set of scales until recently...
I've recently become an avid cake baker and was looking for some good, accurate scales that wouldn't take up too much room in my cupboard. These Salter scales met my needs exactly. They have a digital face that tells the time when the scales are 'asleep' and they are incredibly easy to use - just zero the scale and start weighing! Very user friendly and very small and neat.

Update - the plastic bowl of these scales has suddenly become 'pockmarked' and dented and seems completely ruined. There seems to be no obvious cause of this - they've only been used to weigh dry ingredients and washed up by hand. Not very happy - will need to purchase a new bowl, if not new scales.

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Rating: - Great value - count down timer is tricky
Good size bowl, very easy to set up and use. Nothing to fancy, but does the job.

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Rating: - Excellent set of scales
Excellent set of scales. Especially if you bake and need to weigh each ingredient to its precise gram/ounce. It's easy to reset the the scales to 0g/oz while you pour in the next item. You can opt to use the plastic bowl it comes with, or simply prop your mixing bowl (like I do) and throw in the butter/sugar/flour etc. A very handy buy!

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Rating: - Great kitchen scales!
Great little product. Comes with a battery, just took it all out of the packaging, works first time. Has a 'zero' button to reset weight, reads to the nearest gramme, what more could you want? And it's a bargain. Had it for a few weeks now, great buy, hope it lasts! :)